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Eating his words: Michael Pollan retracts Hummer-vegan/Prius-meat-eater comment
Want to give your public pronouncement a little zing? Try throwing in the words Hummer and Prius and imply that the SUV is better for the earth than the Prius. CNW sure knows the value of making the false claim. Last week, author Michael Pollan tried a similar trick when he said at the 2009 Poptech conference that, "A vegan in a Hummer has a lighter carbon footprint than a beef eater in a Prius." Guess who's had to issue a mea culpa? Pollan, who wrote The Botany of Desire, The Omnivore's Dilemma and other books, was blasted by people armed ... Read more →
Chevy describes its car as "vegetarian" in TV ad Lascelles Linton
I saw a TV commercial for a Chevy flex fuel car last night. The format for the ad was a lot like the Chevy Volt commercial: kids learning about a car outdoors with a teacher. The interesting part of ...
Vegans driving Hummers: Greener than a meat eating Prius owner? Jeremy Korzeniewski
We don't have much history covering the debate between being a vegetarian versus eating meat, and for good reason: we are first and foremost an automotive blog. From time to time, we do branch off ...
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Eating his words: Michael Pollan retracts Hummer-vegan/Prius-meat-eater comment 1 month ago on Autoblog Green
Want to give your public pronouncement a little zing? Try throwing in the words Hummer and Prius and imply that the SUV is better for the earth than the Prius. CNW sure knows the value of making the false claim. Last week, author Michael Pollan tried a similar trick when he said at the 2009 Poptech ...
Chevy describes its car as "vegetarian" in TV ad 2 years ago on Autoblog Green
I saw a TV commercial for a Chevy flex fuel car last night. The format for the ad was a lot like the Chevy Volt commercial: kids learning about a car outdoors with a teacher. The interesting part of the ad was the teacher's description of the flex fuel car as "vegetarian." I find the description of ...
Vegans driving Hummers: Greener than a meat eating Prius owner? 2 years ago on Autoblog Green
We don't have much history covering the debate between being a vegetarian versus eating meat, and for good reason: we are first and foremost an automotive blog. From time to time, we do branch off and cover other green issues, as we believe that our readership is broad and enjoys those occasional ...
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